On Sunday 21 August a meeting was held at the Rock Church, Birmingham, in response to the recent disturbances to examine its racial dimension. When asked to speak my gut reaction was to decline as serious informed discussion is impossible in the environment that follows such events. However, when informed that the highly-regarded Professor Gus…

The £10.5bn worth of public sector cuts announced this week has undoubtedly left many individuals and organisations with a bitter taste in their mouth. But no group has been more badly let down and betrayed by the new government than our young people. The most recent figures released by the Department for Children Schools and…